»6? O NPS Foiin 10-900 OMBNo. 1024-00 li (Rev. 10-90) JAN 14 United States Department of the Interior OCF I 3 1922 National Park Service QHP MOV NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM REGibTtrl This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10 900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property_________________________________________________________________________________ historic name R.M.S. QUEEN MARY. (H.M.T. QUEEN MARY)_______________________________________________________ other names/site number QUEEN MARY______________________________________________________________________ 2. Location __ __ __ ___ ____ ____ __ _________ _____ ____ ___ __ _ street & number Pier J, 11 26 Queensway Highway not for publication N A city or town Long Beach vicinity -In­ state Calitornia code_ CA county Los Angeles code 037 zip code 90801 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property _ private _ building(s) Contributing Noncontributing _X_ public-local _ district ___ ____buildings _ public-State _ site _sites _ public-Federal X structure 1 _structures ..objects Total Name of related multipia property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register ______0 N/A . Stnte/Fed«ral Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Acto of 1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this % nomination _ request for determination of eligibility meets the documehtation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. !.i my opinion, the/property X nyfatiT"^) doe^riot meet the National Register criteria. _ See c$ffitinuau6n sheet. ______________ y -^1 r ** m ~ ^ —~**~ y |______ /// n Signature of certifying official Date/ California Office Of Historic servation State o» F&dcrul agency and bureau Date in my opinion, the property _ meets _ does net meet the National R&Qistor criteria. _ See continuation sheet Signature of commenting or other official Date State or Fed oral agency and bureau Data 5. National Park Service Certification I. hereb^tertify that this property is: ^^ntered in the National Register _ See continuation sheet _ determined eligible for the National Register. _ See continuation sheet _ determined not eligible for the National Register _ removed from the National Register, _ other, (explain:)________ MOV 2 0 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) Cat: Transportation______ Sub: water-related ship Cat: Domestic__________ Sub: Hotel_______ Cat: Defense_____________ Sub: naval facility/troop transport Cat: Recreation and Culture Sub: Museum Cat: ____________ Sub: Cat: ______________ Sub: Cat: _____ Sub: Cat: ____ Sub: 7. Description Architectural Classification (enter categories from instructions) Materials (enter categories from instructions) Modern Movement • Art Deco__________________________ foundation Steel Other - 1930's luxury liner with three funnels______ walls Steel roof_ Steel, wood other Aluminum Describe present and historic physical appearance Summary The QUEEN MARY is a 1930's, three funneled steel passenger liner. She is 1,012 feet long, has a gross tonnage of 81,237 tonnes, a moulded breadth of 118 feet, has a height of 181 feet from her keel to the top of her forward funnel and has three funnels of an elliptical shape, measuring 36 feet fore and aft, 23 feet wide, and between 62 and 71 feet high. The ship is constructed of steel and her construction consisted of plates of steel being joined on girders and ribs of steel with over 10,000,000 rivets. She was launched in Clydebank, Scotland by Messrs. John Brown & Co., Ltd. and her fitting out was done at a nearby birth. The ship has a raked stem, cruiser stern, very tall superstructure, three elliptical funnels, two anchors, and two masts. She is painted in colors that were endemic to the Cunard liners of her day of red from the keel to the white ribbon, black for the hull, white for the superstructure, and red funnels with thin black bands and topped by a large black band. Her upper and outer decks are of teak as were many of the handrails, railings, ladders, and doors. Her funnels were of steel and were riveted together into three sections. She carried twenty four life boats that could accommodate 144 passengers and she had two thousand portholes and windows and 160 watertight compartments. Her portholes and Promenade deck windows are fashioned from armorplated glass of 3/4 of an inch in thickness. The QUEEN MARY was divided into twelve decks, Sports, Sun, Promenade, Main, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, contained 27 public rooms, 21 lifts or elevators, three restaurants, one ala carte restaurant, a fully equipped hospital, a ball room, a gymnasium, hair dressing and beauty salons, three children's playrooms, a shopping area, a chapel and a synagogue, writing rooms, drawing rooms, two libraries, three lounges, three smoking rooms, cabins for three classes of passengers as well as several suites of rooms, a Turkish bath, two pools, a garage, mail processing facilities, officers and crews quarters, cargo holds, two engine and five boiler rooms, two turbo generation rooms, and four propellers of manganese bronze. The QUEEN MARY began her life on paper in 1926 and her keel was laid in 1930. Work was halted on her in 1931 due to the Great Depression and was resumed in 1934 only to be finished in September of that year when she was launched. She then spent from 1934 until April of 1936 being fitted out and then went on her speed trials in April 1936. She had her maiden voyage in May of 1936 and served until 1939 as a passenger liner. From 1940 until 1947 she served as a troop ship when she was decommissioned and returned to passenger service from 1947 until 1967 when she was sold by the Cunard line to the City of Long Beach, California where she has remained as a hotel and amusement attraction up until the present day. The ship presently sits in forty five feet of water and is surrounded by a porous rock dike. On her Port or left side she is faced with a pier having several gangways going into her and a tower with an elevated walkway in the shape of a T which leads to entrances on her upper decks. As part of this structure, an elevator tower is attached. At the beginning of the elevate walkway as you look out from the ship you see a rendition of a small English village called Londontowne containing shops and restaurants. This complex is situated at the middle of the ship. To the left and east of the ship is a geodesic dome that until recently housed the Spruce Goose, the world's largest aircraft built and flown by Howard Hughes. To the starboard side of the ship across Queensway Bay, is the City of Long Beach and Shoreline Village. From the upper decks of the ship the entire city skyline can be seen as well as the community of Signal Hill in the distance. From the top decks of the ship on the Port side can be seen the Port of Long Beach, the Harbor Administration Building and the Pacific Ocean. X See continuation sheet NPS Foim IO-aOO-41 OMB No. 1024-0018 NOV 2 0 looo United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 7 Page 2 today, the outward appearance of the QUEEN MARY appears much the same as it did during her service days except for the fact that several of her original doors that were used in service have now been sealed and that new openings have been cut into the ship for easier passenger entrance and exit. The forward part of the ship on the Port side has a huge opening that was cut into her in 1967 and now services as the entrance for catering as well as an employee entrance. The stern end has also had a large opening cut into it in order for visitors to enter the after engine room and the maritime museum. Finally, a giant metal box has been welded onto the side of the ship. This contains the last intact propeller of the QUEEN MARY which can be viewed from an opening cut into the side of the ship. This box has a platform built onto it on the inside and visitors can walk around and view the propellor sitting in fresh water. Detailed description The R.M.S. QUEEN MARY\s a North Atlantic luxury liner designed in the Moderne and Art Deco style. As constructed, she had a massive size of a raked stem, cruiser stern, and lofty superstructure in combination with three elliptical funnels and two tall masts. These dimensions emphasized an impression of power and speed. The R.M.S. QUEEN MARY is one of the largest passenger liner ever built. She is of such a scale that she must be discussed in terms that if applied to buildings, would be reserved for skyscrapers. At 1,020 feet in length, she is only a few feet shorter than her younger, and former sister, the R.M.S.